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Sun, Feb 8, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Nashville Predators 3, Florida Panthers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 75% of the time.

FLA winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH0901024023325
FLA01127015032236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 8:37FLATomas FleischmannAssists: Dave Bolland · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:27FLAAaron EkbladAssists: Jimmy Hayes · Tip-in, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:44NSHSeth JonesPPAssists: Mike Ribeiro · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:17NSHFilip ForsbergPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. FLA Brandon Pirri stopped
  2. 2. NSH Matt Cullen scored
  3. 3. FLA Brad Boyes scored
  4. 4. NSH Craig Smith scored
  5. 5. FLA Nick Bjugstad scored
  6. 6. NSH Roman Josi stopped
  7. 7. FLA Dave Bolland stopped
  8. 8. NSH Filip Forsberg scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:44NSHOlli Jokinen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:36FLADave Bolland: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 16:38NSHPaul Gaustad: Holding2 min
  4. P2 17:04FLAJimmy Hayes: Interference2 min
  5. P3 3:09FLADerek MacKenzie: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 10:00NSHSeth Jones: Holding2 min
  7. P3 14:36FLATomas Kopecky: Slashing2 min · PPG

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← NSH attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Bolland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHFLA
25Shots on goal36
1.6Expected goals3.0
51Shot attempts68
32Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
33Hits27
20Blocked shots10
0Giveaways3
3Takeaways4

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestGaustad – Nystrom – Beck9:05

    xG 0.30–0.13 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Bourque – Jarnkrok10:32

    xG 0.24–0.09 (73%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Fisher – Neal9:34

    xG 0.09–0.17 (35%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Smith – Forsberg10:06

    xG 0.33–0.73 (31%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Josi20:50

    xG 0.67–0.40 (63%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  2. Ekholm – Jones5:58

    xG 0.21–0.13 (61%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Volchenkov – Ekholm4:39

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Hayes – Bjugstad12:14

    xG 0.57–0.31 (65%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. MacKenzie – Kopecky – Upshall7:52

    xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Fleischmann – Bolland – Pirri10:46

    xG 0.17–0.29 (37%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  4. Boyes – Huberdeau – Barkov12:53

    xG 0.32–0.49 (39%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad18:52

    xG 1.05–0.63 (63%)attempts 29–17goals 1–0

  2. Kulikov – Gudbranson16:20

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Kampfer – Petrovic12:22

    xG 0.19–0.32 (37%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

FLA 3.0 xGNSH 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

FLA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line FLA is favoured, below it NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #288 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 75% of the time.

FLA winsNSH wins

Simulated goal difference (FLA − NSH), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).